Neckscarf



(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOSEPH O. NIGHTINGALE, OF PATERSON, NEWVJERSEY.

N EC KSCA R F.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,693, dated October4, 1892.

Application filed March 14, 1892. Serial No. 424,770. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. NIGHTINGALE, of the city of Paterson, inthe county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Neckscarfs, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to combination neckscarfs; and the object of myimprovements is to provide a scarf composed of separable parts which maybe easily and quickly put together and by having one of said parts ofdifferent shapes to produce scarfs of varied designs and styles. Iaccomplish this by the novel construction and arrangement of the partsof the scarf, as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-=- Figure1 is a view of the lower portion of the scarf, forming the flapsor apronand the attached neckband. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are rear views of dilferentshapes of the upper portion or head of the scarf. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 arefront views of the scarfs when put together by combining the part shownin Fig. l with the parts shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Fig.8 is a view of the fastener P, by means of which the parts of the scarfare fastened together, and also of the eyelet D, by means of which theneckband is attached to the scarf in such a manner that the former has aswivel motion, as hereinafter described.

A A are the strips of material which form the flaps or apron of thescarf, which are united at the top H and provided with theeyelet-opening B.

C is the flat body portion of the head of the scarf, having the arms orextensions 8 t 'r, each of which latter is provided with aneyeletopening D.

P is a two-pronged pin or other suitable fastener, the head of which ispermanently secured in the flat body portion 0 and projects at rightangles therefrom.

N is the neckband.

In combining the parts of my improved scarf the upper end H of the apronA is placed upon the flat body portion 0, the legs of the fastener Ppassing through the opening B. The neckband N is then passed between thearms 8 and t, and the said arms 8, t, and r are then folded down uponthe head H, the legs of the fastener P passing through the opening D ineach arm. The legs of the fastener P are then bent over, so as to holdthe parts firmly together, and the scarf is complete and ready for use,as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. To make the scarf shown in Fig.7, the headportion (shown in Fig. 4) is combined with the part shown in Fig. 1,securing the part A and its accompanying neckband N to the flat bodyportion of the head 0, as above described; but instead of the flaps A Ahanging straight down, as in the other cases, they are turned back wardand upward, one being passed between the arms 8 and t and the otherbetween the arms 1* and t and brought down on the front of thehead-piece, crossing each other diagonally. The neckband N is passedbetween the arms 8 and t, as before described. The arms 8, t, and r arethen folded down and se cured as before, thus forming the scarf shown inFig. '7.

The fastener P may be of any convenient form of construction-such aswhat is commonly known as a McGill paper-fastener and it may be attachedto the head-piece C by permanently securing its head within the 1in= ingof O or in any other convenient manner.

The manner of separating the scarf into its component parts is apparentfrom the description of the construction of the scarf. The scarf mayalso be made reversible by having the two faces of the flaps A A made ofdifferent colors or designs and having head portions to correspond incolor and design with the respective faces of the said flaps A A.

The neckband N may be permanently fastened to the flaps A A by sewing,&c., or it maybe detachably connected theretoby means of a pin 19,similar to fastener P, the legs of which are adapted to pass through theeyeletopening d, as shown in Fig. 1. In that case, if the scarf be areversible one, as above described, there must be two eyelet-openings din the upper end of the flaps A, one on each side of the center, asshown in Fig. 1, so that as the scarf is reversed the position of theneckband may be changed accordingly, or the neckband may be attached tothe flaps A by means of the eyelet D in the opening B, (see Fig. 1,) theopening being through the end of the neckband as well as through theflaps A and the eyelet being sufficiently loose to ad mit of a swivelmovement of the neckband and permit the latter to be thrown from oneside to the other, as desired.

Instead of using a neckband, the scarf may 5 be secured to the collar bymeans of the loop L, which is adapted to fit over the collar-button inthe usual manner, or any other suitable device may be employed.

In the drawings I have shown three variezo ties of scarfs; but it isevident that by changing the shape of the head-piece 0 many differentstyles and designs may be produced.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 15 As anew article of manufacture, a neckscarf consistingof the combination oftheapron portion A, provided in its upper end with the opening B, thehead-piece or knot 0, provided with the arms 8, t, and 'r, each of saidarms being provided with an opening D, the fas- 20 tener P, permanentlysecured in the headpiece or knot O and having legs adapted. to passthrough the openings B D and to be bent over to secure together theparts of the scarf, and means for securing the scarf to the collar, 25substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH O. NIGHTINGALE. Witnesses:

GEO. M. BAKER, JOSHUA M. FURo.

